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▪ I. † abait, v. Obs.
Also abate, abeyte.
[f. a- prefix 1 on + bait.]
†1. To set on (a dog), to hound on, bait.
1485Malory Morte d' Arthur xviii. xxi. (1817) II. 355 This lady the huntresse had abated her dogge for the bowe at a barayne hynde.
†2. fig. To excite, stimulate (the appetites).
1303R. Brunne Handlyng Synne 181 Hys flesshe on here was so abeytede, Þat þyke womman he coveytyde.
▪ II. abait, -ment
obs. forms of abate, -ment. |